Best of Bowie, 1969/1987

PS, "Ashes to Ashes", duh.

Modern Love x 1000

Oh! You Pretty Things

no moonage daydream?!?

I just took the tracklist from Best of Bowie 1969/74, 74/79, and 80/87. I agree "Moonage Daydream" should be on there, but then I'd have to include every track, especially "Cracked Actor", which is probably my favorite Bowie song.

these polls are still rigged so you can spread the love, right?

i voted for "all the young dudes" but there's a heap of great songs there. 2nd would be "oh! you pretty things"

1st Ashes to Ashes
2nd Aladdin Sane
3rd Golden Years

1. Heroes
2. Up The Hill Backwards

Then it gets tricky.

Where is Dance Magic Dance?!?

I vote Heroes. Although I would probably change that in 10 minutes. Just like musical chameleon Bowie!

Sound And Vision x 10 to the power of forever

^^^ this.

Except then there's Ashes to Ashes ...

Ashes to Ashes = heart, Sound and Vision = mind.

Narrowed it down to:

Space Oddity
Starman
Ziggy Stardust
The Man Who Sold The World
Rock' N' Roll Suicide
Sound And Vision
Look Back In Anger
Boys Keep Swinging
Heroes

... but that's as far as I got... and I might change my mind any minute

For me, it's Ashes To Ashes (also best video ever, BTW) vs. -- I must admit -- Let's Dance or Blue Jean. Breaking Glass, if it's that song from Low, is also right up there.

This is a toughie, but I have to say Heroes is one of those songs that makes me stop what I'm doing no matter what it is and just listen, every time, I don't know why. So Heroes it is.

this morning "Look Back in Anger," but it could be almost any one of these, even "Time Will Crawl."

Must be "Life On Mars" although several of his best moments aren't represented in any compilation.

"Five Years" is my personal favorite.

It's heartbreaking that "Stay" from Station to Station isn't here.

...not to mention the title track, his best song.

Golden Years.

"Rebel Rebel"

"Rebel Rebel"

I picked "Oh! You Pretty Things" but I'm afraid "Boys Keep Swinging" won't get enough love. And of course, "After All"---my favorite Bowie song---is not on the poll. :(

"Life On Mars?"

"Heroes" may be my favorite song ever so that one yeah

Faaaaaaame.

Fame!

Boys Keep Swinging gets plenty of love from me - such a great sense of humour

velvet goldmine

looking down the list, i'm not really qualified to vote, but i'll go ahead and pick "heroes," one of my favorite songs ever.

Why do you think you're not qualified to vote? Just vote based off of what you've heard (And "Heroes" is certainly not a bad choice). Is it because you haven't heard his later stuff (or earlier)?

Not qualified to vote cos he voted for "'Heroes'".

1. Oh! you pretty things (no one else could pull off a song like this and not make it crap imho)
2. John, I'm only dancing
3. Rebel Rebel

another honorable abscence mention: Dance Magic Dance

PS, "Ashes to Ashes", duh.
^^^^
exactly

you look at a list like this and think: "bowie: yeh, he was quite good, wasn't he?"

:)

amid a wealth of diamonds, "heroes" manages to shine even more brightly. what sparkletuna says is true for me, too: it's one of those stop-me-dead-in-my-tracks tracks.

Is it because you haven't heard his later stuff (or earlier)?

I know, like, 25-30 of those songs (I've never really explored Bowie apart from the (what i presume are) most popular singles. I'm kinda excited to listen to more, though!)

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A ton of incredible songs didn't get any votes. That's how good Bowie is.

Modern Love 0

uh, i voted for this?

not a single vote for "TCV 15" wtf.

Yeah, a lot of the songs with 0 votes would be career highlights for nearly anyone else.

"Starman" and "Space Oddity" received zero too. Says more about Bowie than about those songs, really.

This thread has made me put Bowie on repeat for hours this week! I am pretty sure I was the sole John, I'm Only Dancing vote, but looking now I may very well voted for 5-6 of these songs depending on which mood I was in. Today it'd be Ashes to Ashes, definitely. It really IS spectacular how many 0 vote songs would also be career highlights for anyone else..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc1ePZDxIoY

>:(

^Love it

Can’t decide if DB’s best moment is “right” or “Golden” or “Americans”

Prob Golden

Yup, it’s Golden